This chapter explores in some detail the role played by the planning and attempting of escapes as a strategy of resistance for politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland. It examines the ...
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This chapter explores in some detail the role played by the planning and attempting of escapes as a strategy of resistance for politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland. It examines the notion of escape as ideological conflict, the historical antecedents of escapes by Republicans and the different phases and types of escape during the current conflict, and finally the differences in attitudes to escape between Loyalists and Republicans.Less

Escape: Resistance as Ridicule

Kieran McEvoy

Published in print: 2001-10-04

This chapter explores in some detail the role played by the planning and attempting of escapes as a strategy of resistance for politically motivated prisoners in Northern Ireland. It examines the notion of escape as ideological conflict, the historical antecedents of escapes by Republicans and the different phases and types of escape during the current conflict, and finally the differences in attitudes to escape between Loyalists and Republicans.

By 1849, this book was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity ...
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By 1849, this book was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity can be attributed both to the strong voice of its author and Brown's notoriety as an abolitionist speaker. The son of a slave and a white man, Brown recounts his years in servitude, his cruel masters, and the brutal whippings he and those around him received. He provides a detailed description of his failed attempt to escape with his mother; after their capture, they were sold to new masters. A subsequent escape attempt succeeds. Brown is taken in by a kind Quaker, Wells Brown, whose name he adopts in gratitude. Shortly thereafter, he crosses the Canadian border. Brown's narrative includes stories of fighting devious slave traders and bounty hunters, various antislavery poems, articles and stories (written by him and others), newspaper clippings, reward posters, and slave sale announcements.Less

Narrative of William W. Brown, an American Slave : Written by Himself

William Wells Brown

Published in print: 2011-09-01

By 1849, this book was in its fourth edition, having sold over 8,000 copies in less than eighteen months and making it one of the fastest-selling antislavery tracts of its time. The book's popularity can be attributed both to the strong voice of its author and Brown's notoriety as an abolitionist speaker. The son of a slave and a white man, Brown recounts his years in servitude, his cruel masters, and the brutal whippings he and those around him received. He provides a detailed description of his failed attempt to escape with his mother; after their capture, they were sold to new masters. A subsequent escape attempt succeeds. Brown is taken in by a kind Quaker, Wells Brown, whose name he adopts in gratitude. Shortly thereafter, he crosses the Canadian border. Brown's narrative includes stories of fighting devious slave traders and bounty hunters, various antislavery poems, articles and stories (written by him and others), newspaper clippings, reward posters, and slave sale announcements.